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package org.apache.jasper.runtime;

/**
 * Interface for tracking the source files dependencies, for the purpose of
 * compiling out of date pages. This is used for 1) files that are included by
 * page directives 2) files that are included by include-prelude and
 * include-coda in jsp:config 3) files that are tag files and referenced 4) TLDs
 * referenced
 */

public interface JspSourceDependent {

	/**
	 * Returns a list of files names that the current page has a source
	 * dependency on.
	 */
	// FIXME: Type used is Object due to very weird behavior
	// with Eclipse JDT 3.1 in Java 5 mode
	public Object getDependants();

}
